The weather conditions were atrocious and the
survey did not proceed beyond Woodend. Despite this, Peter Morris saved the day
with his magnetometry readings using a
Bartington Gradiometer.
The results are shown below along with the
ground resistance data collected by
the team on the 21st April.

Also, on the 19th May, we spoke for the first
time to David Partner who was a history teacher at Armadale Academy when he was
involved in supervising pupils at the original excavation in the
late1960s. He told us that, at that time, they believed that they were dealing
with a motte and bailey castle and that their dig was within the inner wall.

We hope to gather more information about this
original excavation and are looking forward to others contacting us who may have
a photographic record.

Note that the large circular feature is not
the same as the one above* (left) as it does not include the D-shaped
structure (It may simply be the disposition of debris). This image is predominantly shadow relief,
unlike the more
gentle, balanced, shadow-free IR images above

Part of a circular feature at the extreme
left (Looking approximately eastwards - south-east part of site)

Again showing the feature cut by the
eastern end of the remains of the stone structure

Near vertical shot (Stone structure lower
left quadrant - note how it looks very different to in the images
taken four days previously) Shadow-free IR KAP

The above feature could be the remains of the original seat of the Barony (at the
eastern end of the Strath of Ogilface - Barbauchlaw Glen) and therefore significantly pre-dating the stone structure(s).

This is the third possible
circular feature associated with the stone
structure. Any relevance to the structures on the ground has yet to be
established.

The remains are
situated on a promontory, with Slack Burn to the immediate north and
east, which then flows south to join nearby Barbauchlaw Burn.
Barbauchlaw Burn was the southern boundary of the barony, flowing
eastwards along the Strath of Ogilface (The Glen). The site consists of
up-standing remains of walls and stonework debris, forming a rectilinear
structure, typical of a Scottish medieval tower house. The remains could
form more than a single construction phase, with an older building
existing below the upstanding remains. Even more interesting, there
could have been a much earlier wooden structure that has been replaced
with a stone one at a later date. At some time, the building either fell
into disrepair, either through destruction during the period of the
Covenanters or simply was abandoned. Either way, more work is required
to examine this fascinating site.